The Padres might want to consider importing their Single-A Lake Elsinore team to face the 28-year-old Billingsley, who opened the season on the disabled list with a bruised index finger. In a rehab start for Rancho Cucamonga against the Storm last Thursday, Billingsley allowed four runs (three earned) on six hits and three walks in four innings. The Storm stole four bases against Billingsley, who has a 12-8 record with a 2.62 ERA in 26 career games (22 starts) against the Padres. He is 6-4 at Petco Park with a 2.36 ERA in 16 games (12 starts). In his only start against the Padres last season, Billingsley allowed three hits while striking out 11 over 8 1/3 scoreless innings.

Padres LHP Eric Stults (1-0, 0.00 ERA)

Stults, 33, began his career as a 15th-round draft pick of the Dodgers in 2002 and pitched in parts of four seasons with the Dodgers. Stults was 8-10 as a Dodgers with a 4.84 ERA in 35 games (24 starts) Stults will be making his second career start against the Dodgers. He allowed one run over six innings last Sept. 4 at Dodger Stadium but didn’t figure in the decision. Stults shut out the Mets on five hits over five innings in his 2013 debut to pick up the Padres first win. As a starter for the Padres he is 9-3 with a 2.79 ERA. This is the first season that Stults made an Opening Day roster. In 40 career starts, Stults is 17-12 with a 3.69 ERA and a .254 opponents batting average. Stults’ teams are 25-15 in his starts.